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With their connivance, a second Pindárí raid, accompanied by shocking cruelties, was made in the same year, but in 1817, when Holkar's followers were severely defeated at Mehidpur, the secret coalition between these bandits and our nominal allies was thoroughly broken up.
Dewan Sewlal had warned Hunsa and Sookdee against their natural proclivities for making a decoity while travelling to the Pindari camp, as the mission was more important than loot an enterprise that might cause them to be killed or arrested. Indeed the Gulab had made this a condition of her going with them. She was practically put in command.
If the Rana would sign this paper also as an assurance of friendship, to be shown the Pindari Chief, it would help greatly." "I understand, Colonel. You wish me to get that from the Rana?" "Yes, Captain; and I may say that if you can get through with all this there will be no question about your Majority; you might even go higher up than Major."
"When I rode with Amir Khan," Hunsa resumed, "in loot there fell to the Chief's share a dancing girl, and Amir Khan, perhaps out of respect to his two wives, would visit her at night quietly in the tent that was given her as a place of residing." "Amir Khan seems to be less a Pindari and more a human than I thought him," Nana Sahib commented drily.
As had been planned, some of the decoits had come as recruits to the Pindari standard. This created no suspicion, because free-lance soldiers, adventurous spirits, from all over India flocked to a force that was known to be massed for the purpose of loot.
If the Pindari horde had left the territory of Sindhia and crossed the border into Saugor they were closer to the British. Barlow patted the girl's hand, saying, "My salaams to you, little girl." He felt her slim cool fingers press his hand, but he shrank from the claiming touch, muttering, "The damned barrier!"
If the Pindari army were to join the British, ready at a moment's notice to fall on the flank of the Mahrattas, harass them with guerilla warfare, it would be serious; they were as elusive as a huge pack of wolves; unencumbered by camp followers, artillery, foraging as they went, swooping like birds of prey, they were a terrible enemy.
Suddenly Barlow remembered Bootea had spoken of another reason for going to the Pindari camp. He puzzled over this a little, hesitating to question her; she had not told him what it was, but had asked if he were going there; the reason evidently had something to do with him.
Then when their voices had stilled Ajeet continued: "But Hunsa had ridden with the Pindari Chief and he knew that he was well guarded, and that it would be impossible to bring his head in a basket, so we refused to go on this mission. The Dewan was angry and would not give us food or pay.
Rising, he stepped to the table at one end of which the Pindari sat, and placing the sandal upon it, said: "If the Chief will slit the double sole with his knife he will find within that which I have brought." "The matter of which you speak, Afghan, is service, and Amir Khan is not one to perform a service of the hands for any one." "But if I asked for the Chief's knife, not having one "
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